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IBM ThinkPad
DVD Ultrabay 2000 Drive
User's Guide
CAUTION
Before installing this product, read the ThinkPad System Safety Booklet.
Note
Be sure to keep your proof of purchase, because it might be required for warranty services.
(See Appendix A.)
First Edition (January 2000)
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Contents
Part 1. About the DVD Ultrabay 2000 Drive
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Setting up your computer
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Enabling the DMA setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installing DVDExpress
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Viewing a DVD movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Starting DVDExpress
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Troubleshooting
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Checking the items
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Viewing a DVD movie
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Part 2. Appendixes
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Appendix A. Help and service information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Online technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telephone technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Appendix B. Warranty statements
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Warranty Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Appendix C. Notices
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Part 1. About the DVD Ultrabay 2000 Drive
The DVD Ultrabay 2000 Drive (hereafter called the DVD option) can be used in the
Windows 98 Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 environment.
This booklet explains how to set up your computer and how to view DVD movies.
For information on how to insert the DVD option into your computer, refer to the
online information provided with your computer.
To use the DVD option, you need to set up your computer as follows after inserting
the DVD option into the Ultrabay 2000:
1
Enable the DMA setting (Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows 2000 users
only).
2
Install DVDExpress (the DVD movie player program).
Note: If you are reinstalling Windows NT 4.0, you need to install the IDE
driver from the Software Selection CD. To check whether the IDE drive
is installed, double-click SCSI Adapter in the Control Panel; then
make sure the ThinkPad PIIX4 IDE Driver appears in the Driver
window.
Note: For Windows 95, the DVD movie player is supported by Windows 95 OSR2.0 or later
versions. You can check which version of Windows 95 you are using by doing the
following:
1. Click Start, move the cursor to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click System.
Read the numbers under “System.”
4.00.950B means that your version is Windows 95 OSR2.0 or OSR2.1.
4.00.950C means that your version is Windows 95 OSR2.5.
Checking the items
Your DVD Ultrabay 2000 Drive is shipped in a package that includes the following
items:
DVD Ultrabay 2000 Drive
This user's guide
DVD Software CD-ROM
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Setting up your computer
This section describes how to set up your computer to view DVD movies. Go to the
appropriate section.
Enabling the DMA setting
This section applies to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000. Go to the
appropriate section:
“For Windows 95 and Windows 98”
“For Windows 2000”
For Windows 95 and Windows 98
Do as follows:
1
Click Start, move the cursor to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2
Double-click System.
3
Click the Device Manager tab.
4
Double-click the CDROM icon. The DVD drive name appears under the
CDROM icon.
5
Double-click the DVD drive name.
6
Click the Settings tab.
7
Check the DMA and Auto insert notification check boxes. If the alert dialog
appears, click OK to close it.
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Click OK.
9
Click Close to close the “System Properties” window. A message appears,
informing you that the system settings have changed.
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Click OK to restart the system.
For Windows 2000
For Windows 2000, do as follows:
1
Click Start, move the cursor to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2
Double-click System.
3
Click the Hardware tab.
4
Click the Device Manager button.
5
Click IDE ATA/ATATI controller to pull down the submenu.
6
Double-click Secondary IDE.
7
Click the Advanced Settings tab.
8
Select the DMA is available as the Transfer Made.
9
Click OK.
10
Click Close to close the “System Properties” window.
A message appears, informing you that the system settings have changed.
11
Click OK to restart the system.
Installing DVDExpress
To install DVDExpress, do the following:
1
Insert the DVD Software CD-ROM into the DVD drive.
2
Click Start and Run.
3
Type x:\DVDPLAYR\SETUP.EXE and click OK, where x represents the drive
letter of the DVD drive.
4
Follow the instructions on the screen.
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Viewing a DVD movie
After you install the DVD drive and DVDExpress, you can view a DVD movie. You
first need to set the DVD region code for your DVD content, however.
DVD region codes
Regional coding is part of the scheme for protecting the contents of a DVD. The
world is divided into six regions so that specific content can be viewed only in the
region where it is appropriate. For example, content for Region 1 (U.S. and
Canada) can be viewed only in Region 1. DVDExpress is also region–specific.
You can verify the region code of the content by looking at the region code
symbol on the back of the content packaging.
Region
code
1-4
Region
1
U.S, Canada
2
Europe, Middle East, South Africa, Japan
3
Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Korea
4
Latin America, Australia, New Zealand
5
Former Soviet Union, the rest of Africa, India
6
People's Republic of China
Start DVDExpress by inserting the DVD into the DVD drive. The region code is
automatically set and you can see the movie. This is the initial setting.
After the region code has been set, if you insert a DVD whose region code is different,
you are prompted if you want to change the region code. You can change the region
code from your initial setting up to four times.
After the region code has been changed from its initial setting four times, it is fixed
and can no longer be changed. Thereafter, you can play DVD content only from that
region.
To display the region code status, do the following:
1
In the DVDExpress window, click DVD Options.
2
Click the DVD Region tab.
Starting DVDExpress
To start DVDExpress, do as follows:
1
Click Start, move the cursor to Programs, and click Mediamatics DVD
Express.
2
Click Mediamatics DVD Player.
The “DVD movie player” window appears. For more information on how to
play the DVD movie player, see the help for DVDExpress.
If you want to watch a DVD movie on your TV, refer to the online information
provided with your computer.
Notes:
1. Your computer has been configured to provide the highest quality audio and video playback
obtainable with the available system resources. You can alter the default settings by
changing the video resolution setting within the Control Panel of Windows 95 or Windows
98. Some systems do not have enough resources to provide full-quality audio and video
playback at all resolution settings. If you experience poor playback performance, adjust the
resolution to a lower setting.
2. Audio or video streams are decoded by software. The audio and video subsystems need to
be fully functional and enabled.
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Troubleshooting
Problem
Cause and action
When you play
DVDExpress with
Windows 98 or
Windows 95, the “No
valid Disk/Drive found”
message appears.
This message appears if you reboot or restart your
ThinkPad computer with the DVD-ROM left in the
DVD drive. Remove the DVD-ROM from the drive
and then reinsert it.
If the problem persists, check the drive assignments.
Assignments should not skip letters. Suppose, for
example, that you have assigned the hard disk drive
as the C drive and the DVD drive as the E drive, and
nothing has been assigned as the D drive. In this
case, you would need to assign the DVD drive as the
D drive. To change the drive letter form E to D, do
the following:
1. Click Start, move the cursor to Settings, and
click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Device Manager.
3. Double-click the letter currently assigned to
your DVD drive (for example, E).
4. Click the Settings tab.
5. Select D in “Start drive letter” under “Reserved
drive letters.”
6. Click OK and restart the computer.
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